Mask Representing a Ram
Unidentified style of the Kingdom of Kom maker
19th-early 20th century
Wood
Overall: 16 × 11 1/2 in. (40.6 × 29.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund and the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. Jaffe Hall Fund
989.34.27052
Geography
Place Made: Western Grassfields region, Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
Correspondences: African Sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 2, 1997.
Curator's Choice: Recent Acquisitions and Loans of African Art, Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 2-March 10, 1991.
Faces of Culture: Masks from the Permanent Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1, 1991-November 1, 1992.
Imaging West Africa in Mask and Costume, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 31, 1994-March 5, 1995.
Provenance
Private American collection; Pace Primitive & Ancient Art, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1989.
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